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IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010
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DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Place of birth (DO2010A_BPLLOC)

Data file: DOM2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section VI - Personal characteristics</span></p>

<p>30. Where was [the respondent] born?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Here, in this municipality (Skip to question 34)<br />[] 2 In another municipality<br />[] 3 Abroad (Skip to question 32)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Municipality of current residence
2 Other municipality
3 Abroad
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Question 30</span>. Where was [the respondent] born?
<br />For census purposes, a person's place of birth refers to the place in which the mother of that person lived when he/she was born, even if the person was born in a hospital, clinic or house outside of the mother's residence.
<br />This question has three possible answers: </p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>If the person replies that he/she was born here, in this municipality, fill in code 1 and then skip to question 34.</li>

<li>If the person replies that he/she was born in another municipality, fill in code 2 and continue with question 31. </li>

<li>If the person replies that he/she was born abroad, fill in code 3 and then skip to question 32.</li>
</ul><ul class="b2">
<li>For example: If the informant replies that Manuel was born in La Vega Hospital and her mother lived in Cotui, then Manuel's place of birth is the municipality of Cotui.</li>
</ul>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person’s place of birth is the municipality of current residence.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2010: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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